Form 8.5 (EPT/RI) - Replacement of Rotork plc

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On 6 November 2026 Morgan Stanley traded materially in Rotork plc: outright purchases of 5,756,075 0.5p ordinary shares at £4.9299–£4.9380 and sales of 1,373,909 at £4.9297–£4.9380 (plus negligible USD trades), and executed extensive CFD activity that produced a net increase in short reference positions of approximately 4.95m shares; net outright purchases were 4,382,166 shares, yielding an approximate combined net short exposure of c.571,000 reference shares at an average execution level around £4.93 — a significant trading footprint that may affect free float, intraday liquidity and short-interest dynamics.

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(a) Name of exempt principal trader:	Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc
(b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates: Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree	Rotork plc
(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected:	Rotork plc
(d) Date dealing undertaken:	06 November 2026
(e) In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to this offer? If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state “N/A”	N/A

Class of relevant security	Purchases/ sales	Total number of securities	Highest price per unit paid/received	Lowest price per unit paid/received
0.5p ordinary	PURCHASES	5,756,075	4.9380 GBP	4.9299 GBP
0.5p ordinary	SALES	1,373,909	4.9380 GBP	4.9297 GBP
0.5p ordinary	PURCHASES	720	6.5925 USD	6.5925 USD
0.5p ordinary	SALES	2	6.5962 USD	6.5962 USD

Class of relevant security	Product description e.g. CFD	Nature of dealing e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short position	Number of reference securities	Price per unit
0.5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	21,541	4.9300 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	104	4.9300 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	8,776	4.9300 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	3,289	4.9315 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	15,924	4.9320 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	949	4.9333 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	2,167	4.9335 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	2	4.9340 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	2,445	4.9341 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	196	4.9361 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	7,512	4.9300 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	1,360,840	4.9300 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	1,805	4.9304 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	997	4.9304 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	356	4.9304 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	138,587	4.9304 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	10,358	4.9304 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	431	4.9304 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	3,227	4.9304 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	119	4.9304 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	83,842	4.9311 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	73,833	4.9317 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	573	4.9329 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	565	4.9332 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	21,367	4.9345 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	75	4.9351 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	2,861,766	4.9362 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	41,835	4.9370 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	1,044,064	4.9380 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	575,000	4.9420 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	817	4.9300 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	5	4.9300 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	135	4.9300 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	8,776	4.9300 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	679	4.9300 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	2,167	4.9317 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	62	4.9358 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	26,123	4.9362 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	156	4.9297 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	728	4.9297 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	6,347	4.9298 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	2,268	4.9299 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	5,818	4.9300 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	221	4.9300 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	1	4.9300 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	1,124	4.9300 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	480	4.9300 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	930	4.9300 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	6,251	4.9300 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	74,406	4.9300 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	4,226	4.9300 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	129	4.9300 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	7,521	4.9303 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	224	4.9305 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	300	4.9307 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	1,604	4.9326 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	3,469	4.9326 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	1,002	4.9326 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	2,593	4.9326 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	878	4.9326 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	144	4.9332 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	672	4.9332 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	21	4.9338 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	26,643	4.9349 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	66	4.9360 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	1,109,014	4.9380 GBP

Date of disclosure:	11 November 2026
Contact name:	Claire Gordon
Telephone number:	+44 141 245-8893

Form 8.5 (EPT/RI) - Replacement of Rotork plc

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